Please like my new facebook fanpage, ‘Richard Auger Photography‘ The new fanpage will focus on my efforts Florida nature conservationism, my travels and blogposts, as well as my adventures at art festivals.  As I’ve had great success in my fine-art photography and conservation efforts in 2011, I will be splitting off and scaling back my portrait and wedding photography business during 2012.  This new fanpage will give a...

The internet, by its linked and open design, makes the artist lose control over how their work is viewed, copied, and perceived.  Since 2003, I’ve struggled with sharing my photography and techniques on the internet.  Photography, like any art, cannot be truly appreciated until the viewer sees the physical print, especially given the low quality monitors of most computers.  Clyde Butcher’s beautiful 5×9 foot prints at his...

Blast from the Past: 2002 On March 2011, speaking at Monteverde Academy brought back so many memories of my high school days, and how I dreamed about becoming a photographer one day.  Almost 9 years later, here I finally am! Below is a picture of me winning, in 2002, the Gold Key Award and American Visions Nominations my photograph of the Florida Everglades, titled ‘Celestia’.  Next to me is my Deerfield Beach High School...

Developing black & white film yourself results in far better quality control than a lab can deliver, and of course brings the cost down. But experimenting with different developers and films results in easily confusing mixing tables, time, and temperatures. Massive Dev Chart iPhone App made my rediscovery of film alot easier and less confusing. The electronic digital age has made shooting film easier in so many ways. Unfortunately, though, it also invented the digital camera. For those of us who still enjoy shooting film, we should take advantage of modern techniques when we can. The Massive Dev Chart App is created by the makers of The Digital Truth Website, who have a great database of everything for film shooters, including a web-store for rare film and development items.

Photography is a careful and balanced blend between the technical and the creative.  Like many modern digital photographers, I fell victim to endless online reviews and comparisons of cameras and lenses, which skewed my focus, more and more, toward the technical theory instead of my own creative vision.  However, last summer, I completely changed gears. I began this article last summer and left in in draft status, but have updated it and...

Workshops are a blast, and working with the awesome students at Valencia College were no exception! An officer of the Valencia Photography Group saw my portfolio online, later approaching me to teach a hands-on ‘Night Lighting’ workshop, which would include artificial lighting and natural light techniques.  Because I believe that all lighting setups are closely related, I taught in terms of general lighting, with a focus on...